Hi Friends, I had the privilege this week of providing family portraits at the 2012 Ronald McDonald House Family Christmas Party. I don’t know the total number in attendance, but I photographed about 75 family groups, and with the help of my son, and the generous donation of a printer, we were able to print […]

Hi Friends, Had a blast working with the Weinstein family this week! They used the pretense of a family portrait shoot to get everyone together for a big family BBQ – something they’ve apparently not been able to do in a while. We shot at the beautiful Tustin Ranch Golf Club, and many thanks are […]

Hi Friends, In between client work, it’s important to keep the creative juices flowing. Having been subject to hours of squealing tires, revving engines, explosions, and apparent talking to himself (with the online games), I thought I’d try to capture some of the essence of the gaming experience with my son as prime portrait candidate. […]

Hi Friends, Had an opportunity to photograph Amy and Mike’s lovely family today. We selected Mission San Juan Capistrano (the “Jewel of the Missions”) as our location – a great selection of varied textures and backgrounds make it a target-rich environment for photography. Beautiful family – the kids were a hoot! Here’s a selection of […]

Hi Friends, Over the past couple months, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Sam Nelson and the team from Website Muscle: web designers extraordinaire, and a fun group of folks! I had the opportunity this week to photograph Sam, Tyree and Kate for their own website. We did a bunch of individual portraits, […]

Hi Friends, Had the privilege today of providing portraiture via our Smiles Across the Miles (SAM) organization for the annual Snowball Express picnic – our second year in a row for this wonderful event. As you may know, Snowball Express’ mission is to “…create hope and new memories for the children of our fallen military […]

Hi Friends, Last weekend our Smiles Across the Miles team joined with the good folks at the Orange County Rescue Mission to host a couple families for a day of photography education and portraiture at the “Jewel of the Missions”: Mission San Juan Capistrano. A lovely time was had by all, and hopefully, our families […]

Hi Friends, Trying to stock up for family calendar photos for this year (which reminds me, I gotta start pulling the calendar together soon!). We draw a few odd looks carting camera bag, C-stand, sandbag, and softbox down the sidewalk near at the Orange Circle, but I like the way they turned out, so I […]

The bane of most photographers is that we seldom show up in our own family portraits-for obvious reasons. So, when my folks asked for a new family photo, I took the opportunity to “schedule” a session with my wife and kids. We trekked over to a local elementary school that has a favorite red wall […]

Hi Friends, Inspired by a photography blog somewhere, I’ve been working on perfecting my high-key studio set – expanding to be able to do full length / full body portraits. I’ve never really liked the seamless paper rolls — specifically, I’ve never liked having my subjects stand on them. They get dirty, they tear, and […]